29 August 2016

On 24 August, an earthquake struck central Italy, claiming at least 290 lives and causing widespread damage. Satellite images are being used to help emergency aid organisations, while scientists have begun to analyse ground movement.

This image shows a moment in time. Cape Hatteras National Seashore on 7 June 2015, captured by Landsat-8. These islands have been in flux long before the park was established, and they continue to change today.

26 August 2016

China on Thursday published the first pictures transmitted back to earth from Gaofen-3, the country's first C-band high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite with a resolution of one metre.

25 August 2016

Today, the announcement of opportunity (AO) for the final TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model (DEM) has been launched!

This AO is related to the provision of the digital elevation products with 12m and 30m independent pixel spacing generated by the TanDEM-X (TerraSAR-X add-on for Digital Elevation Measurements) mission.

11 - 13 October 2016

Organisation: Institute for Environmental Analytics

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Conference overview:

Following three years of research and innovation, the MELODIES project will be hosting the three-day conference, sharing some of the challenges of using environmental Open Data in Europe – as well as the techniques and the solutions that the consortium of 16 academic and industrial partners have developed to combat them.

This database is based on the book of Herbert J. Kramer Observation of the Earth and its Environments and describes over 600 missions in detail. Online updated version of "Earth Observation History of Technical Introduction" available as of January 02, 2017.